SHREWSBURY: VEAL PLANT ‘GOOD NEIGHBOR’
The Catelli Brothers slaughterhouse on Broad Street.
By JOHN T. WARD
The shutdown of the Catelli Brothers veal slaughterhouse over allegations of animal abuse “shocked” Shrewsbury officials, Mayor Donald Burden said Tuesday.
The suspension of operations ordered Friday by the United States Department of Agriculture followed a complaint and undercover video purporting to show “egregious inhumane handling of calves in violation of federal law,” according to the Humane Society of the US, which prompted the action.
“It’s operated there for years, and we’ve never had any complaints from neighbors or to the police department,” Burden told redbankgreen.